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<h1 id="JMCOH-GUID-C661942A-3DCF-40B4-87C3-F5000DE4830E" class="sect1">Configuring Flight Recorder Settings</h1>
<div><p>It is possible to configure the settings for the Flight Recorder plugin using the JDK Mission Control preferences window.</p>
<div class="section">To modify the Flight Recorder settings:</div>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Open the Window menu and select Preferences.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the left panel, expand JDK Mission Control and select Flight Recorder.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="bold">Restore Defaults</span> to reset the user interface settings of the Flight Recorder plugin to the default state.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select <span class="bold">Remove finished recordings from server</span> if you do not want to keep the finished recordings on the server</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select <span class="bold">Ask for confirmation before removing flight recording templates</span> if you would like to confirm the deletion of a template.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the default time span for the dump used when double-clicking a running recording. </span><div>You can choose from the following options:<div class="p"><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p><span class="bold">No default</span>: Brings up a window asking you to specify the time span.</p>
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<li><p><span class="bold">Whole recording</span>: Dumps all the collected data.</p>
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<li><p><span class="bold">Last part of recording</span>: Allows you to specify the duration of the recording you would like to dump in the <span class="bold">Time span to dump (last part)</span> field below. After the value add s to specify seconds, min to specify minutes, h to specify hours, d to specify days, or w to specify weeks.</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="bold">Apply</span> to apply the changes.</span></li>
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